ROAD HAZARD, PEARL ROAD: A woman in a wheel chair was heading north in the roadway near the Royalton Road intersection just before noon Jan. 27.

The woman said she couldn’t drive on the sidewalks because her electric wheelchair would get stuck in the slush.

An officer agreed to drive behind her to ensure she got back to her apartment at Fallingwater Drive safely, but not before she stopped at Marco’s Pizza for lunch.

DRUNKEN DRIVING, PROSPECT ROAD: Officers responded to an accident after a plow truck called them at 4:10 a.m. Jan. 26.

According to an accident report, a car ran off the road between Boston Road and Kylemore Drive and hit a mailbox, then got back on the road and ran off again, this time hitting a tree before swerving to the other side of the road and running off the road a third time. This time the car hit a fence, drove through the front yard, took out some bricks and masonry and more fence.

The car got back on the road, where the plow came upon the two men.

The driver was arrested and charged with drunken driving, driving on suspended license, continuous lanes and hit-skip.

OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS, YARROW TRAIL: A 27-year-old woman was shoveling snow in her driveway at 4:25 p.m. Jan. 25 when she said a man in a blue truck stopped and asked her if her parents were home, then if she was the homeowner, and then said they were selling steak sandwiches.

The men circled the area a few times and left.

Officers stopped the truck and found two men inside, one of whom claimed to have no driver’s license and the other’s expired in 2001.

After determining the first man gave them a fake name, officers arrested him for obstructing official business. The other man arranged to be picked up.

ODOR, PEARL ROAD: Police received a call from Parkside Towers at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 25, after someone in the leasing office smelled marijuana in the lobby and hallway of the building.

Police arrived and found an "odor of something" in the hallway, but they weren’t sure it was marijuana. They were not able to find the source of the smell.

DISTURBANCE, ROYALTON ROAD: An elderly man in his 60s came into the Holiday Inn at 4:25 a.m. Jan. 25 and caused a ruckus.

The man parked his Mitsubishi Lancer directly in front of the door, walked inside, was being rude to everyone and kicked a sign across the lobby.

The man left after employees called the police, who stopped him near West 130th Steet and told him not to return to the hotel.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE, CHRISTOPHER COURT: A woman called police to report an incident that happened Jan. 20.

She told police she was walking her dog when a man in a red truck started following her. Officers put the area on special attention.

RECKLESS OPERATION, PEARL ROAD: Police received a call about a man driving in a blue Toyota Yaris recklessly "because there are a lot of dogs in the car and they are licking his face." Officers did not locate the man.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON, PEARL ROAD: A woman walking out of Walmart at 10:15 p.m. Jan. 23 said a man followed her out of the store and to her car.

When she turned around and asked him what he was doing, he left. Police searched the parking lot and checked inside the store, but couldn’t find a man that fit the description.

TRAFFIC LIGHT MALFUNCTION, HOWE ROAD: A woman called police to say the traffic light at Shurmer Road should have changed at 8:35 a.m. Jan. 23, but instead it "flashed something" and went back to green for drivers on Howe.

An officer responded, sat through seven light changes and reported everything was working fine.

SUSPICIOUS SITUATION, HAMPTON CHASE: Someone rang the doorbell to a home and proceeded to walk around and peer into the windows around 1 p.m. Jan. 22.

The person who was home did not answer the door or get up to try and get a description. Officers traced footprints in the snow from the street, around the house and back to the street again.

MISCHIEF, WOODSHIRE DRIVE: A woman called police after several people egged her house at 1:25 p.m. Jan. 22.

The woman said it wasn’t the first time her home had been egged, and filed a complete police report.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, INTERSTATE 71: An Ohio Department of Transportation truck was involved in an accident at 6:15 a.m. Jan. 22, in which a 25-year-old woman was transported to Southwest General Medical Center for injuries sustained to her face.

She was taken to Southwest General Medical Center and treated for injuries, and was released at 2:18 a.m. to police, where she was charged with drunken driving, test refusal and failure to maintain reasonable control.

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